1996 City of Lincoln Council election^[1][2]

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11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 31 2 Seats won 11 0 Seats after 33 0 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 14,161 4,883 Percentage 69.4% 23.9%
Map showing the results the 1996 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1996 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 2 May 1996. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1992. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

1996 City of Lincoln Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	2	0	2	100.0	69.4	14,161	17.8
	Conservative	0	0	2	2	0.0	23.9	4,883	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	243	2.6
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	5.5	1,130	3.0
Total		11						20,417

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1992 election.